A. IN B. ON C. AT D. FOR II. READ THE PASSAGE AND CHOOSE T...

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II. Read the passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) for questions 1-5.

Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an

earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before the noon when the inhabitants of

Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began

to shake. As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were

prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use

firefighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the

damage caused by fire rather than by the collapse of the buildings.